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To photograph darkness : the history of underground and flash photography
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To photograph darkness : the history of underground and flash photography

by Chris Howes

Tracing the history of underground photography from the 1860s, this volume explores technical developments in artificial lighting across caves, mines, and catacombs. It draws on primary sources and features 160 archival illustrations, engravings, and rare photographs.

Accession 31673 ISBN 0809316226 Publisher Southern Illinois University Press and Feffer & Simons Inc.
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